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- ';wedisb Customs
Eegu)ations. NAVIGATION DlTES-PLEASURE YACHTS-S"'EDEN. to yacht clubs of countries where the same fadlities are accorded to Swedish yachts are exempted in Swedish ports from all navigation dues--except dues of pilotage where they have actually a pilot on board-provided that they be furnished '\\>ith a certificate delivered by the authorities of the country and on the understanding that they are not equipped for commercial purposes. If your Government consents to grant upon a basis of reciprocity the same facilities to pleasure yachts belonging to Swedish yacht clubs, I permit myself to propose that the present note and the reply which you may make thereto will serve as an agreement reached between out two countries. Please accept, ~fr. Charge d'Affaires, the fissurances of my most distinguished consideration. RAMEL MR. EDWARD SAVAGE CROCKER, Charge d'~~ffaire8 a. i. oj the United State8 (d America, etc. etc. Section 126 oj the Swedi.•:h Custom8 Regulation8 [Translation] A master of a vessel belonging to a public yacht club or other similar association and which is not equipped for commereial purposes (pleas- ure yachts) shall, when the vessel arrives or departs from a port in the customs territory without being used for conveying goods other than foodstuffs and articles necessary for the vessel during the journey, be exempt from the duty to submit to the customs authorities a written report regarding the vessel and from obtaining a permit for it from the customs authorities. When arriving from a port outside of the customs territory, the master may not visit any other port with the vessel than a customs port or a place where coast-guards are stationed. 'When arriving from and departing to a place outside the customs territory, it is the duty of a master to report personally to the nearest customs office or coast-guard station and to submit a certificate, issued by a public authority or the board of the association, showing the name of the vessel, number and tonnage, the name of the owner of the vessel and domicle, as well as the name of the association to which the vessel belongs. If the owner or master of a pleasure yaeht has here in the country been found guilty of illegal import or export of articles, the provisions granted in this seetion shall not apply to any of the vessels belonging to the association as long as he owns or commands the vessel. How- ever, the advantages shall be discontinued not earlier than fifteen days after the General Customs Board has informed the board of the association of the misdemeanor committed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels belonging to an association in Sweden, provided His ~lajesty has not granted the association similar rights for its vessels, and sha.!l not either apply to vessels belonging to a foreign association, unless Swedish pleasure yachts enjoy the same advantages in the respective country.
